Yesterday, per the Post-Dispatch, Wal-Mart company spokeswoman Erica Jones wrote in an email to the newspaper, “… (W)e continue to believe a new Walmart would contribute toward the economic health of Ellisville but unfortunately we were not able to come to terms for this project.”
I know just how Ms. Jones feels. On a good day I can hardly come to terms with the havoc this proposed redevelopment project wrecked on this community. I still find it hard to explain to reporters in polite, printable fashion the unbelievably nasty episodes that took place within this four square mile municipality. One was simply incredulous because it just didn’t make sense. I agreed that some of it didn’t, but that was hardly a prerequisite for reporting it.